Approx. 700 pp. Damaged at the spine joint. Inner pages clean. Overall in good condition. A rare 1884 edition of Hymns in Praise of the Lord, published by the Guangdong Basel Mission. This edition is printed in High Wenli (深文理), a classical Chinese literary style. Each page features handwritten Cantonese phonetic transcriptions, making it a valuable resource for linguistic and religious studies. A significant piece of Christian missionary literature from 19th-century China.
